Spyttan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spyttan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-spittan. spyttan

Definitions

1 spyttan

to spit:--Spittas (-es, Lind.) conspuent, Mk. Skt. Rush. 10, 34. Spittadun expuerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 67. Spittende expuentes, 27, 30. [Blod to spitten ant te speowen, Jul. 48, 18. Þenne spit leccherie meidenhad oþe nebbe, H. M. 17, 13. Spit him amidde þe bearde, A. R. 290, 20. Cf. Ger. speutzen, spützen: Icel. spýta.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᚣᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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